Had 1 game, it jittered several times. I checked HWInfo64 and the RAM hasn't moved from 1066.5MHz, it's rated for 3600! (1800 as I presume HWInfo64 is not giving it doubled)
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AMD R5 3600 dying again?
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Worth a try.
Soldato
When you say its rated, if that's on an XMP profile, not everything will like it, as in my previous post, my RAM was XMP rated but when I ran it using XMP the machine would lock up, letting the BIOS just AUTO it solved the problem. Check your board manual and make sure that the RAM is in the right slots as well, you might find the board doesn't support XMP over more than 2 modules and they need to be in the right holes..
Soldato
I had some 3600mhz ram issues on my B450 tomahawk max when I first got it. For me, updating to newer BIOS versions and only using XMP profile 2 on my ram kit fixed it.
Even now, XMP profile 1 will cause the PC to freeze, but profile 2 is perfectly stable, not sure if its a corrupt XMP profiler, if such a thing is possible, or if the mobo is not changing some setting correctly.
Even now, XMP profile 1 will cause the PC to freeze, but profile 2 is perfectly stable, not sure if its a corrupt XMP profiler, if such a thing is possible, or if the mobo is not changing some setting correctly.
do you have lights on your keyboard/mouse/monitor do all of them turn of when the computer freezes or do they stay on ?
I ran the windows memtest and it was fine.
Im pretty sure it's just 3600 rated and not XMP but I'll check that, I haven't used XMP on it but could try it to see if it helps.
The sticks are in the correct slots.
Im pretty sure it's just 3600 rated and not XMP but I'll check that, I haven't used XMP on it but could try it to see if it helps.
The sticks are in the correct slots.
Monitors go into standby, lights in case stay on. I don't have a light up keyboard or mouse.
Soldato
Does your keyboard not have CAPS/NUMLOCK lights?
Press the corresponding buttons see if the lights flash.
Press the corresponding buttons see if the lights flash.
Yeah next time it freezes I'll give num lock a press
also check the laser on your mouse
Unlike common for Intel boards, every AM4 board BIOS sets hard current and power limits to maximums defined by AMD for that CPU.
And that assuming CPU temperature is well under control.
That's very different from Intel side on which BIOS usually allows (likely with Intel's blessing) continuous drawing up to what Intel advertises as short term peak numbers.
The Ram I have is Geil Orion AMD 3600MHz 2x8GB. It's XMP2.0 capable. I assume it should run at 3600MHz though without XMP or extra voltage etc. as I guess it's been binned for that speed?
Is that how it works?
Is that how it works?
Soldato
Possibly not, I think it needs at least 1.35v at least looking at the specs from http://www.geil.com.tw/product/?id=51
Presumably if you don't use XMP and simply set the frequency to 3600mhz, it might be trying to run at 1.2v? which probably won't work, or at least will be extremely unstable. I'd say either use the XMP profile, or set DDR voltage to 1.35v
If I remember correctly in the Bios the ram was on 1.364v.
I've downloaded the spec sheet from their website and I'm not sure the ram is even supported on my motherboard yet it's for ryzen 5 3600s.
GAOG416GB3600C18BDC
I've downloaded the spec sheet from their website and I'm not sure the ram is even supported on my motherboard yet it's for ryzen 5 3600s.
GAOG416GB3600C18BDC
Looking at the MSI B450 tomahawk web page, it only supports up to 3466MHz RAM via A-XMP anyway...
- Supports 1866/ 2133/ 2400/ 2667Mhz (by JEDEC)
- Supports 2667/ 2800/ 2933/ 3000/ 3066/ 3200/ 3466 MHz (by A-XMP OC MODE)
I wouldn't worry to much about the what the board support pages says as it's likely not been updated from Zen+.
I have the tomahawk max which is the same board expect the larger bios chip and I've had ram running at 3800mhz 1-1 with both the ryzen 3600 and 5800X, I've also had the ram running at 4400mhz with a 2-1 fclk.
Oh wow nice, ok then thanks.
I've had a quick test (gaming) of the RAM on the only XMP profile I appear to have and it seemed ok; will be testing it more this evening to see if I get a freeze.
Just had a freeze, playing Overwatch because Apex not connecting; Numlock didn't work but laser and lights on mouse remained on. No signs of laggy performance in game or anything, it just froze.
Download the ryzen Dram calculator and run the built in ram test that comes with it overnight.